drhynes
South African expat in Italy
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Registration: 18 August 2016
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Travel to Italy with only Ricevuta & expired Type-D Visa by moustafahatoum
Hi, I have Student expired type-D visa with expiry date of 20/SEP/21 I have applied for permesso di soggiorno and they sent me SMS to collect it. Now I'm currently in my home country Lebanon, I am planning to travel to Italy on 11/OCT/21 to ...
Hi as far as I know you can come to Italy on your renewal papers but you may not land in any other EU country as only Italy recognises those papers. So if you can fly directly from Lebanon to Italy you are good to go! Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal by drhynes
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010
Hi Lorenzo - I don鈥檛 have all the answers for you but I will give you our experience with Permesso鈥檚. We are on South African passports. We bought a home in Mondovi in 2010. We have lived in Italy for a maximum of 5 months every year ... Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal by drhynes
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010
I think the problem is that they have a big backlog because of Covid restrictions and they will only see so many people per day to avoid crowding. We have been doing this for 11 years every second year. Our latest renewal was the longest we have ... Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal by drhynes
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010
We had the same situation - we waited for 3 weeks for the sms which never came! So we went to the Questura on collection day (they have specific days for collections) and they gave it to us without asking for the sms. We get ours from the Cuneo ... Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal by drhynes
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010
Once you get to the counter they are normally very nice. It鈥檚 just always such a long wait. Which one are you going to? Do you have an appointment? Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal by drhynes
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010
Hi Jay We have been tracking our permesso online and it says it is ready. Did you track yours and if so how many days from seeing that message did you get the sms to collect it. Thanks again for your help. Diane Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal by drhynes
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010
Thank you so much for letting me know. That is very helpful! Read More
Permesso di soggiorno renewal
Has anyone on this forum renewed their Permesso in the last few months? If so how long after the visit to the Questura when you did all your fingerprints etc did you receive your actual cards. Thank you Diane 7 September 2010 Read More
Retire in Italy? by Mikenan
Hi my name is Mike and I am interested in your insights into Italy. I am especially interested in towns along the seaside that have either Canadian or American expats living there now. If I can get some feedback. Would really help me and my wife ...
Hi Nico Can you please contact me on *** so that I can chat to you re retiring in Italy. Thank you Diane Read More
EU Long term residence permit Italian Language Test
My name is Diane I am from South Africa and my husband and I are retired. We are both on South African passports. We own a property in Mondovi, North West of Italy and have lived here on and off for 8 years. Every two years we have to reapply ... Read More